Authorities are investigating an overnight homicide on 6th Steet in Newark.
NEWARK — One person is dead following an overnight fatal shooting on the 200 block of 6th St. in Newark, authorities confirmed.
Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter confirmed the victim was shot to death Friday night, but could not immediately confirm additional details.
An investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing.
The killing brings the city's 2015 homicide total to 81. City authorities recorded 93 homicides during all of 2014.
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